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Recent Examples of maunder The book really revolves around Monson, each of his chapters about the movie becoming chapters that maunder through his life, cleaving away at the monster of manhood. Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023 Hughes ran efficient and productive meetings, with a low tolerance for maundering or side conversation, but he was given pause by the gravity of the occasion. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maunder
Verb
  • Elderly residents wandered off without supervision, medications weren’t properly administered, and emergency pull cords in some bedrooms didn’t work, the state alleged.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Droids also wandered about recently at SXSW in a presentation by Disney Experiences chairman Josh D’Amaro and Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman called The Future of World Building At Disney.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Their rambling collective is the film’s many-headed protagonist.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
  • On Tuesday night, Trump delivered a rambling address to Congress, and Senator Elissa Slotkin, of Michigan, delivered the Democratic Party’s rebuttal.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Appeals court rules Trump can implement anti-DEI executive orders for now In address about vision for DOJ, Trump complains about prior probes In: Joe Biden Donald Trump January 6 Melissa Quinn Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Biden complained when the courts blocked his efforts to forgive student loan debt.
    Graham Underwood, arkansasonline.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In the 1960s, a quarter of dogs roamed freely, and euthanasia rates in shelters were 10 to 20 times higher.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Like Great Sand Dunes in Colorado—one of my favorite national parks—this state park is a beautiful place to roam, explore, and spend a night under a starry sky.
    Maya Silver, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Context: Republican and Democratic congressional districts alike have been rattled by Musk's tactics for slashing government funding and terminating chunks of the federal workforce.
    Kristal Dixon, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In the book, Skye, 54, writes that the decision for her and her then-husband Adam Horovitz to join her brother and Gwyneth, now 52, on vacation happened after an earthquake rattled L.A.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Every frequent flier has been there: the seat that doesn’t tilt back, the screaming kids, the sprint between terminals for the connecting flight, and relief at baggage claim that your luggage actually made it.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2025
  • And of course, 102 acres on the Pacific Ocean just screams location, location, ad infinitum.
    David Weiss, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • With Isak pulling into those wider left channels in Newcastle’s attack, there are even occasions of Van Dijk being willing to drift out of position — running across his own centre-back — to follow the Sweden international rather than pass him onto a team-mate.
    Mark Carey, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, everyone else managed to drift in a wooden boat on the waters in darkness for the next 10 hours.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • One day, the sky was grey, wind blew up my pant legs, giant construction machines whined loudly down the street, and a neighbor’s windchimes unleashed a flurry of complaints.
    Kate Siber, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
  • As to the kids’ responses, the more genial Olmo is not above whining, while parental demands usually provoke flat-out insolence from Ana, who breathes cigarette smoke like dragon fire.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025

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“Maunder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maunder. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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